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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Phoebe McInerney, Researcher in Palaeontology, Flinders University The extinct Australian giant flightless bird, _Genyornis newtoni_. Used with permission; all other rights reserved. Jacob C. Blokland, Author provided Until around 45,000 years ago, Australia was home to a giant flightless bird called Genyornis newtoni, which was two metres ... <a title="New fossils show what Australia’s giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ looked like – and offer clues about how they died out" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/new-fossils-show-what-australias-giant-prehistoric-thunder-birds-looked-like-and-offer-clues-about-how-they-died-out-221599/" aria-label="Read more about New fossils show what Australia’s giant prehistoric ‘thunder birds’ looked like – and offer clues about how they died out">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jess Reia, Assistant Professor of Data Science, University of Virginia Police drag away a tent from a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California, Irvine on May 15, 2024. Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images As a scholar of urban governance and data policy, I ... <a title="Who gets to decide what counts as ‘disorder’?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/04/who-gets-to-decide-what-counts-as-disorder-229783/" aria-label="Read more about Who gets to decide what counts as ‘disorder’?">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong On October 17, 1953, constitutional reform granted women the right to vote in Mexico, and two years later, women cast ballots for the first time in a federal election. Now, nearly ... <a title="Mexico has elected its first female president. Claudia Sheinbaum inherits a polarised, violent country looking for hope" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/mexico-has-elected-its-first-female-president-claudia-sheinbaum-inherits-a-polarised-violent-country-looking-for-hope-231475/" aria-label="Read more about Mexico has elected its first female president. Claudia Sheinbaum inherits a polarised, violent country looking for hope">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
This King’s Birthday, the New Zealand Order of Merit recognises Professor David Robie’s 50 years of service to Pacific journalism. He says he is astonished and quite delighted, and feels quite humbled by it all. “However, I feel that it’s not just me, I owe an enormous amount to my wife, Del, who is a ... <a title="50 years of challenge and change: David Robie reflects on a career in Pacific journalism" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/50-years-of-challenge-and-change-david-robie-reflects-on-a-career-in-pacific-journalism/" aria-label="Read more about 50 years of challenge and change: David Robie reflects on a career in Pacific journalism">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
By Repeka Nasiko in Suva “Let other people decide your salaries” is the latest message in the Fiji parliamentary pay controversy. This is the call of Fiji’s longtime House of Representatives Secretary Edward Blakelock, who believes that the Special Emoluments Committee must be independent. He said the Emoluments Committee, traditionally comprised independent consultants who were ... <a title="Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/independent-committee-needed-for-fiji-mps-salaries-says-parliament-chief/" aria-label="Read more about Independent committee needed for Fiji MPs’ salaries, says parliament chief">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By John Buchanan, Professor, Discipline of Business Information Systems, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney The Fair Work Commission has boosted the wages of workers on awards by 3.75%, just a touch above the official inflation rate of 3.6%. The increase will apply to fortnightly pay ... <a title="Low-paid wages up 3.75%, with more to come for childcare and health professionals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/low-paid-wages-up-3-75-with-more-to-come-for-childcare-and-health-professionals-231473/" aria-label="Read more about Low-paid wages up 3.75%, with more to come for childcare and health professionals">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
By Miriam Zarriga in Mulitaka, Papua New Guinea Little Ima met Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape last Friday during the “haus krai” in Mulitaka, Enga, after the landslide disaster more than a week ago. His meeting happened when Marape beckoned him to get water from him. The action of the Prime Minister only ... <a title="Little Ima puts a question to PM Marape for Mulitaka survivors" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/little-ima-puts-a-question-to-pm-marape-for-mulitaka-survivors/" aria-label="Read more about Little Ima puts a question to PM Marape for Mulitaka survivors">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury The Conversation June is set to be a month of holding up the mirror to reality, with our experts recommending three new non-fiction watches. No streaming list is complete without some true crime, so we’ve ... <a title="Carriage romps, good vibrations and a web of lies: what we’re streaming in June" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/carriage-romps-good-vibrations-and-a-web-of-lies-what-were-streaming-in-june-230785/" aria-label="Read more about Carriage romps, good vibrations and a web of lies: what we’re streaming in June">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has ruled out attempting to displace Amelia Hamer as the Liberals’ candidate for Kooyong. Frydenberg’s quick decision comes after a public backlash against the possibility he could push aside an already preselected woman. It had also ... <a title="Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/josh-frydenberg-rules-out-seeking-kooyong-preselection-231487/" aria-label="Read more about Josh Frydenberg rules out seeking Kooyong preselection">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
By Alakihihifo Vailala of PMN News Flipped “back in time” is how New Zealand author, journalist and media educator Dr David Robie describes the crisis in New Caledonia. Robie has covered the Asia-Pacific region for international media and educated Pacific journalists for more than four decades. He reported on the indigenous Kanak pro-independence uprising in ... <a title="King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/kings-birthday-honours-nz-journalist-reflects-on-work-in-the-pacific/" aria-label="Read more about King’s Birthday Honours: NZ journalist reflects on work in the Pacific">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Hal Pawson, Professor of Housing Research and Policy, and Associate Director, City Futures Research Centre, UNSW Sydney Post-COVID housing stress has been especially intense in Queensland. Brisbane property prices have climbed by 65% since the pandemic began. That’s almost double the Australian capital city average (34%). According ... <a title="The housing crisis hit Queensland hard. Jolted into action, the state has raised its game" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/the-housing-crisis-hit-queensland-hard-jolted-into-action-the-state-has-raised-its-game-230870/" aria-label="Read more about The housing crisis hit Queensland hard. Jolted into action, the state has raised its game">Read more</a>
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June 3, 2024
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Katherine Livingstone, NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University Creative Cat Studio/Shutterstock What’s the difference? is a new editorial product that explains the similarities and differences between commonly confused health and medical terms, and why they ... <a title="What’s the difference between vegan and vegetarian?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2024/06/03/whats-the-difference-between-vegan-and-vegetarian-225275/" aria-label="Read more about What’s the difference between vegan and vegetarian?">Read more</a>
